....Fuck yes!
I remember the doubts creeping around about him early last season. I hadn't succumbed to them myself, but Vs Barca was a watershed IMO much the same... You could just tell he was like "fuck this; I didn't leave PSG to get bitched out against big teams with a wimper"... Don't know if it came accross on TV (nor can I remember who it was), but he had a mini-war with his opposing number that night. Such fond memories of that; even tho we lost.....
He's got bad-ass old-testament, fire and brimstone wielding god on his side and he's not affraid to use it.
Re: Serge - I can only imagine the diff. in leagues has played a large part.